Viral conspiracy theories that Earth’s gravity will briefly vanish on Wednesday — purportedly causing a cataclysm the government is hiding — are entirely untrue, NASA assured humanity. “Earth’s gravity,

Posts circulating on social media claim that a secret NASA programme called Project Anchor has identified a gravitational event that would make Earth temporarily weightless.

A viral Project Anchor theory says Earth will lose gravity Aug. 12, 2026. Here's the time claimed online and what NASA says.

No. And a NASA spokesperson wrote to Snopes in order to debunk the rumors. "The Earth will not lose gravity on Aug. 12, 2026," wrote the NASA spokesperson. "Earth's gravity, or total gravitational force,